The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, November 15, 2014

July 13 - 19, 1946



Saturday, July 13, 1946

Milan, Val, Billie and I finished pulling weeds and done the hoeing. Did housework. My kitchen curtains came and we washed windows and put them up. Betty got her arm hurt.


 
Sunday, July 14, 1946

Nice day. Bill, Billie, Kennard and Willie Gray helped Lloyd to get the rest of his hay in. Also Bruce and our rake. 10 loads. I painted kitchen, planted peas. Mama and Dorothea went down to Ferns in p.m.



Monday, July 15, 1946

Nice day but windy. Washed. Fern came up on Mama’s birthday. Billie begun work up to Chet Edson’s.



Tuesday, July 16, 1946

Nice cool day. Went upstairs to work today. Very nice day. Need rain for crops.



Wednesday, July 17, 1946

Upstairs working today. Nice cool day. Nancy stayed down here all night.



Thursday, July 18, 1946

Worked upstairs, finished picking up and taking care of Milan’s things. Began to get warmer. Dorothea up to stay all night with Rosalie.



Friday, July 19, 1946

We washed blankets and other things we picked up upstairs while cleaning. A very big wash. Came off very hot. Fern called in p.m. Charlotte here.


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